A Brief Stay In Ditchling

A Memory of Ditchling.

My mother and I want to live in Ditchling must be about 1954/55 as I was about 8 or 9 I think. My mother went to work for about 2 months as cook housekeeper for a lady and Gentleman who spent much of their time in Ceylon( as it was then). returning to their UK home in the summer. He used to breed Canary's and could often be found sitting in his large aviary with the birds.

I attended school while I was there, walking the distance from the house along a country lane, with other children I remember.

If anyone knows who the people who my mother worked for were, and or the house, I would appreciate the information. I remember very little about the house, except it had a beautiful garden, the kitchen had a window which was below ground level. as I used to look up to the driveway. Also another worker to the house -hold had a daughter about the same age. We were both given pedigree dolls, I still have mine.

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